Beef and Guinness Pie

Miss L’s birthday and my birthday are quite close together. So we planned a little celebration at the half way point between the two. We both share an Irish ancestry – mine through the Doyle’s, her the O’Neill’s, so what better on a cold May evening, dan a wee sumpthin’ ta warm da noight, dat remoinds us a de ‘ol cuntree, ta be shur, ta be shur. Seasoned with the mysteries of Mr Guinness’s creamy